Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Conventions
• What's Changed

What's New

• New Features and Enhancements for Oracle Exadata Plug-in 12.1.0.6.0
• Features and Enhancements for Oracle Exadata Plug-in 12.1.0.5.0
• Features and Enhancements for Oracle Exadata Plug-in 12.1.0.4.0
• Features and Enhancements for Oracle Exadata Plug-in 12.1.0.3.0

1 Introduction to the Plug-in

• 1.1 Oracle Exadata Plug-in Features
  • 1.1.1 Monitoring and Notification Features
  • 1.1.2 Hardware Support Features
  • 1.1.3 Exadata Software Support
  • 1.1.4 Target Discovery Features
• 1.2 Oracle Exadata Database Machine Supported Hardware and Software
  • 1.2.1 Exadata Database Machine Configuration Support
  • 1.2.2 Oracle SuperCluster Support
    • 1.2.2.1 Oracle SuperCluster Known Issues
  • 1.2.3 Supported Component Versions
  • 1.2.4 Supported Operating Systems
  • 1.2.5 Certified Exadata Plug-in Versions
  • 1.2.6 Oracle Exadata Database Machine Hardware Not Supported

2 Oracle Exadata Plug-in Installation and Deployment

• 2.1 Oracle Exadata Plug-in Deployment Prerequisites
  • 2.1.1 Create a Database Server ILOM Service Processor User
  • 2.1.2 Verify Software Versions
    • 2.1.2.1 Exadata Storage Server Software
    • 2.1.2.2 ILOM ipmitool
    • 2.1.2.3 InfiniBand Switch
    • 2.1.2.4 PDU Firmware
    • 2.1.2.5 KVM Application
    • 2.1.2.6 Grid Infrastructure/DB Cluster
  • 2.1.3 Verify Names Resolution
  • 2.1.4 Verify Firewall Configuration
  • 2.1.5 Oracle SuperCluster Prerequisites
• 2.2 User Roles
• 2.3 Install Enterprise Manager Agent
  • 2.3.1 Agent Installation Prerequisite - Solaris 11 Only
  • 2.3.2 Install Agents and Set Up Exadata Monitoring Using Automated Kit
  • 2.3.3 Install Enterprise Manager Agent Using the Push Method
    • 2.3.3.1 Installing Oracle Management Agent in Silent Mode Option
• 2.4 Manually Deploy Exadata Plug-in

3 Exadata Database Machine Discovery

• 3.1 Prerequisites for Guided Discovery
  • 3.1.1 Secure Storage for Target Monitoring Credentials
  • 3.1.2 Discovery Precheck Script
    • 3.1.2.1 Download the Discovery Precheck Script
    • 3.1.2.2 Run the Discovery Precheck Script
  • 3.1.3 Manual Verification
• 3.2 Discovering an Exadata Database Machine
• 3.3 Discovering the Oracle SuperCluster as an Exadata Database Machine
• 3.4 Discovering Grid Infrastructure and RAC
  • 3.4.1 Discover Grid Infrastructure (Cluster) Targets
  • 3.4.2 Discover Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) Targets

4 Post-Discovery Configuration and Verification

• 4.1 Set Up SNMP Trap Forwarding on Compute Node
  • 4.1.1 Set Up Compute Node Agent - Linux
  • 4.1.2 Set Up Compute Node Agent - Solaris
• 4.2 Configure Storage Cell SNMP for Enterprise Manager Monitoring
  • 4.2.1 Check Current SNMP Configuration
  • 4.2.2 Configure SNMP Values Using cellcli
  • 4.2.3 Configure SNMP Values Using dcli (optional)
  • 4.2.4 Verify SSH Connectivity
  • 4.2.5 Remove a Subscription
• 4.3 Configure and Verify SNMP for InfiniBand Switch Targets
  • 4.3.1 Set Up SNMP for InfiniBand Switch Targets Using Enterprise Manager
• 4.4 Configure the Compute Node ILOM SNMP for Enterprise Manager Monitoring
  • 4.4.1 Configure the Compute Node ILOM SNMP for Compute Nodes Running Management Server
  • 4.4.2 Configure SNMP Values Using dbmcli
  • 4.4.3 Configure SNMP for Oracle SuperCluster
• 4.5 Verify Configuration for Oracle ILOM Server
• 4.6 Set Up SNMP for Cisco Ethernet Switch Targets
  • 4.6.1 Verify the Cisco Ethernet Switch SNMP Configuration
• 4.7 Set Up SNMP for Power Distribution Unit (PDU) Targets
  • 4.7.1 Verify the PDU SNMP Configuration
• 4.8 Set Up SNMP for KVM Targets
  • 4.8.1 Set Up SNMP in KVM Management Console
  • 4.8.2 Verify the KVM SNMP Configuration (Base SNMP Configuration) - Linux
  • 4.8.3 Verify the KVM SNMP Configuration (Base SNMP Configuration) - Solaris
  • 4.8.4 Verify the KVM SNMP Configuration (SNMP Forwarding to Agent)
• 4.9 Oracle Exadata Database Machine Dashboard Creation
  • 4.9.1 Creating a Dashboard for Exadata Database Machine Plug-in Release 12.1.0.3.0 and Later
  • 4.9.2 Making the Dashboard Report "Public"
  • 4.9.3 Finding All Exadata Database Machine Reports

5 Oracle Exadata Database Machine Administration

• 5.1 Creating Roles to Manage the Plug-in
• 5.2 Viewing Exadata Database Machine Topology
  • 5.2.1 Drilling Down to Individual Targets
  • 5.2.2 Viewing Critical Hardware Information for the Database Machine
  • 5.2.3 Viewing Exadata Database Machine Alerts
  • 5.2.4 Viewing Exadata Database Machine Metrics
  • 5.2.5 Adding Exadata Components Manually
  • 5.2.6 Removing an Exadata Database Machine Target
  • 5.2.7 Deleting a Component of a Database Machine Target
  • 5.2.8 Updating the Exadata Database Machine Schematic Diagram
    • 5.2.8.1 Drop a Component from the Exadata Database Machine Schematic Diagram
    • 5.2.8.2 Add Components to the Exadata Database Machine Schematic Diagram
• 5.3 Exadata Storage Server Management
  • 5.3.1 About Exadata Storage Server
  • 5.3.2 Using Exadata As a Cloud Control Target
  • 5.3.3 Viewing an Exadata Storage Server Configuration
  • 5.3.4 Performing Administration Tasks on Exadata Storage Servers
  • 5.3.5 Managing the IO Resource
    • 5.3.5.1 Modify the Disk I/O Objective
    • 5.3.5.2 The Inter-Database Plan
  • 5.3.6 Diagnosing Exadata Cell Alerts
  • 5.3.7 Accessing Oracle Support Workbench for Exadata Storage Server
• 5.4 Accessing Exadata Cell Metrics and Alert Settings
• 5.5 Managing the InfiniBand Network
  • 5.5.1 InfiniBand Metric Types
  • 5.5.2 Performing Administration Tasks on Infiniband Networks
  • 5.5.3 Setting Up InfiniBand Switch Alerts
• 5.6 Exadata Database Machine Fault Monitoring

6 Virtualized Exadata Database Machine

• 6.1 Integration with Virtualization Infrastructure Plug-in
• 6.2 Discovering Virtualized Exadata Database Machine
• 6.3 Viewing Virtualized Exadata Database Machine
• 6.4 Resource Utilization Graphs
  • 6.4.1 Cluster Placement
  • 6.4.2 Database Placement
  • 6.4.3 Database CPU Utilization
  • 6.4.4 Database Memory Utilization

7 Exadata Metrics

• 7.1 Accessing Exadata Metrics
• 7.2 Aggregated Exadata FlashDisk and HardDisk Metric Example
• 7.3 Exadata Cell Metric Example

8 Troubleshooting

• 8.1 Establish SSH Connectivity
• 8.2 Discovery Troubleshooting
  • 8.2.1 Hardware Availability
  • 8.2.2 Compute Node Error Message
  • 8.2.3 Cell is not Discovered
  • 8.2.4 Compute Node or InfiniBand Switch is not Discovered
  • 8.2.5 InfiniBand Network Performance Page Shows No Data
  • 8.2.6 ILOM, PDU, KVM, or Cisco Switch is not Discovered
  • 8.2.7 Target Does not Appear in Selected Targets Page
  • 8.2.8 Target is Down or Metric Collection Error After Discovery
  • 8.2.9 Troubleshooting the Exadata Database Machine Schematic File
• 8.3 Exadata Database Machine Management Troubleshooting
• 8.4 Exadata Derived Association Rules
• 8.5 Enhanced MIB Incompatibility

Index